From owner-dma-list@NIC.SURFNET.NL Tue Feb 17 09:35:08 1998 Received: from CS.Stanford.EDU (CS.Stanford.EDU [171.64.64.64]) by robotics.Stanford.EDU (8.8.7/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA08949 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:35:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from listserv-mail.surfnet.nl (listserv-mail.surfnet.nl [192.87.5.141]) by CS.Stanford.EDU (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA08495; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 09:36:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from listserv-mail (192.87.5.141) by listserv-mail.surfnet.nl (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.E5CE85D0@listserv-mail.surfnet.nl>; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:36:02 +0100 Received: from NIC.SURFNET.NL by NIC.SURFNET.NL (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8c) with spool id 18770 for DMA-LIST@NIC.SURFNET.NL; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:36:02 +0100 Received: from utmfu6.math.utwente.nl by listserv.surfnet.nl (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.E58E2170@listserv.surfnet.nl>; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:36:01 +0100 Received: from utmfu0.math.utwente.nl (utmou1.math.utwente.nl) by utmfu6.math.utwente.nl with ESMTP (1.40.112.8/16.2) id AA254626883; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:34:49 +0100 Received: by utmfu0.math.utwente.nl ($Revision: 1.36.108.11 $/16.2) id AA254746882; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:34:42 +0100 Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.36.1.1] Approved-By: DMANET Message-ID: <199802171734.AA254746882@utmfu0.math.utwente.nl> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:34:41 MET Reply-To: Van-Dat.Cung@prism.uvsq.fr Sender: DMANET From: DMANET Subject: PAREO98: CFP To: DMA-LIST@NIC.SURFNET.NL X-Status: Status: OR Dear colleagues, The following announcement is sent to several lists, so we apologize for any inconvenience due to multiple receptions of the message. We would appreciate if you could bring it to the attention of other colleagues who could be interested. _________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers PAREO '98 First meeting of the EURO working group on Parallel Processing in Operations Research Versailles, France, July 8-10, 1998 (http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/public/blec/PAREO_98.html) _________________________________________________________________ SCOPE The use of parallel computers leads to substantial time savings, and even makes it possible to solve larger problems than before. However, the effort required to harness the potential power of parallel computers should not be underestimated. Within the Association of European Operational Research Societies EURO, the working group PAREO brings together researchers from both academia and industry who are interested in the development of parallel algorithms for problems in the area of operations research. Its objective is to bridge the gap between the two complementary disciplines of Operations Research and High Performance Computing. PAREO'98 will be the first meeting organized by the PAREO working group. It intends to be the meeting place for researchers actively involved in the development and the application of parallel computing methodologies for discrete and continuous optimization. Through presentations and open discussions, the meeting aims to promote the exchange of recent results, to review successes and setbacks, to identify promising research directions and application domains, and to foster new collaborations. Furthermore, the program should give ample opportunity for informal discussions. The PAREO Home page address is : http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/public/blec/PAREO.html. _________________________________________________________________ PROGRAM The program will consist of invited lectures, discussions, and contributed presentations, and contributed 30-minute presentations, with no parallel sessions. Presentations will cover recent developments related to the main areas on the edge of parallel computing and operations research. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Exact and approximate parallel methods for continuous and discrete optimization problems - simplex and interior point methods - nonlinear programming - stochastic programming - dynamic programming - branch and bound - local search - tabu search - genetic algorithms - simulated annealing - hybrid methods - ... * Software tools - load balancing methods - parallelization strategies - libraries - ... * Applications - crew scheduling - vehicle routing - quadratic assignment - sequencing and scheduling - ... _________________________________________________________________ DATES AND LOCATION The meeting will be held from Wednesday to Friday, July 8 - 10, 1998, in the Fermat Hall at the University of Versailles. The University of Versailles is located in a park close to the Château de Versailles, 40 minutes by train from Paris. It offers an intellectually stimulating environment in pleasant surroundings. Discussion rooms and computing facilities will be available to the participants, who are welcome to visit the PRiSM (Parallel Computing, Networks, Data Bases) laboratory also located on campus. Note that the meeting will take place in the week before the EURO XVI meeting in Brussels, and also during the last week of the World Cup Soccer in France.Due to this last event, we recommend to reserve your hotel room very soon. _________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION To register for the PAREO '98 meeting, return the (attached) registration form to the organizing committee. After receipt of the form and the appropriate fee, you will receive detailed information on the scientific and logistics of the meeting, hotel resevations, and on how to reach the University of Versailles. REGISTRATION FEES The early registration fees apply until May 1, 1998. Late registration fees are indicated in parentheses. * University researchers and members of EURO or AFCET: 1000FF (1500FF) * Students: 600FF (900FF) * participants from Industry: 1500FF (2250FF) The registration fee covers the book of abstracts, 3 lunches, a visit to the Château de Versailles, and the meeting banquet. _________________________________________________________________ SUBMISSION OF PRESENTATIONS If you wish to give a 30-minute presentation, you should send a title and a short abstract to the organizing committee. After acceptance, you will be invited to provide an extended abstract of 5-10 pages, which is to be published in the proceeedings of the meeting. IMPORTANT DATES * Deadline for the short abstract: March 29, 1998 * Deadline for the extended abstract: May 17, 1998 _________________________________________________________________ SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jay Aronson (University of Georgia, Athens, U.S.A.) Jens Clausen (DTU, Lyngby, Denmark) Van-Dat Cung (PRiSM, Versailles, France) Laureano Escudero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Gerard Kindervater (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Vipin Kumar (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A.) Geoff McKeown (University of East Anglia, Norwich, England) Eric Taillard (IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland) Stefane Tschöke (University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany) Stavros Zenios (University of Cyprus, CNicosia, Cyprus) _________________________________________________________________ BOARD OF THE PAREO WORKING GROUP Catherine Roucairol (PRiSM, Versailles, France) Theodor Crainic (CRT, Montreal, Canada) Jonathan Eckstein (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, U.S.A.) Gerard Kindervater (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Bertrand Le Cun (PRiSM, Versailles, France) Celso Ribeiro (PUC do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) _________________________________________________________________ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Catherine Roucairol (coordinator) Van-Dat Cung Bertrand Le Cun Laura Wynter CONTACT ADDRESS Chantal Ducoin -- PAREO'98 Laboratoire PRiSM - CNRS URA 1525 Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines 45 Avenue des États-Unis 78035 Versailles Cedex France Phone: +33 - 1 - 39 25 40 56 Fax: +33 - 1 - 39 25 40 57 Email: pareo98@prism.uvsq.fr -- ****************************************************** Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to DMANET@math.utwente.nl Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. The original sender, however, is invited to prepare an update of the replies received and to communicate it via DMANET. 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